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Burma Times September 30, 2013 BurmaTimes – Ibrahim Shah- Around twelve o’clock at midday on 29th September, a motorcycle owned by one Buddhist youth Maung Naing Oo was placed in front of a shop owned by the Chairman of Kaman Muslim party in Thandwe. The Buddhist youths started to argue harshly when the shopkeeper  requested  them to remove and place the vehicle some ahead from the shop since the vehicle closed the entrance of the shop. On the double, the Buddhist  youth  diffused the entire town that the Kaman Muslim Party Chairman insulted Buddhism. The main reason of diffusion of such aggressive news is because the extremists of RNDP and the 969 Campaign have been seeking chances to attack the Kaman Muslims since long time. While about 200 extremists are attempting to assault surrounded the house of U Kyaw Zan Hla, the police came and the mob was segregated and arrested him. Amid the investigation in custody, more than 80 extremists surrounded the custody and dema

KPN News September 30, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Hluntin from Kyikanpin Headquarters harassed the villagers without finding any fault or crimes or against any activity against the government. Their only crime is, they are Muslims, said a local political leader preferring not to be named. “On September 21, Hluntin sergeant U Zaw Naing accompanied by three other Hluntins went to Maung Nama south village of Maungdaw north  without uniforms and guns in the morning. At that time, one villager named Mohamed Zuhar ,23; son of Habi Ullah was washing some betel leaves nearby a stream. He is a shopkeeper.” The group of Hluntin approached him, arrested him and severely tortured on the road in front of the villagers without any provoking them. Afterwards, he was brought to the Hluntn headquarters by their motor cycle. However, on the way to headquarters, he ran away from the Hluntin. So, the sergeant asked the Maung Nama village tract second Admin (Village watcher) to send M

Reuters September 29, 2013   YANGON: Terrified Muslims hid in their homes in northwest Myanmar on Monday after armed police dispersed a Buddhist mob that torched houses and surrounded a mosque in the latest outbreak of sectarian tension. Clashes between majority Buddhists and Muslims have killed at least 237 people and left more than 150,000 homeless since June 2012. The violence threatens to undermine political and economic reforms launched in the two years since a quasi-civilian government replaced a military junta. The situation in the town of Thandwe was precarious after police restored order by firing shots in the air to break up the mob late on Sunday, said two security sources, who sought anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Thandwe, 260 kilometres from the capital Yangon, is in Rakhine state, the worst-hit region. As in several previous bouts of communal unrest, a minor disagreement triggered an outpouring of anger, a local Muslim poli